I’ve been experimenting with the HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L, to extend its capacity to support an additional 2 AHCI SATA Ports, from the standard IDE mode offerings, that the on-board SATA and eSATA ports offer. This will support the use of SSDs better in the future.
Storage Controllers available to VMware vSphere 4.1 U1, not there are four AHCI SATA controllers, vmhba0, vmhba34, vmhba35, and vmhba36. These correspond to the “not supported hot plug” bays.
HP ProLiant MicroServer BIOS POST before tweak!
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer Before tweak!
and also two IDE vmhba1 and vmhba33.
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer Before tweak!
After tweaking…a total of six AHCI SATA ports, vmhba0, vmhba33, vmhba34, vmhba35, vmhba36 and vmhba37.
HP ProLiant MicroServer BIOS POST After tweak!
VMware ESXi 4.1 installed on HP ProLiant MicroServer After tweak!
If you want more details, ping me an email or twitter, and I’ll send you the bios.
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